You see the same thing a lot with disruptive startups -- where they are hailed as the radical new future of a particular industry and it is argued that they should not be compelled to obey the regulations of the industry they seek to enter and disrupt (and, often, a substantial part of their operations rely on them being allowed to ignore those regulations or having the regulations rewritten to support them.) See, e.g., Airbnb and its issues with many cities regulations of short-term renting.